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National Conference on Graphing Calculators (NCGC 2008)
2008-04-16
Date: 16-18 April 2008
Venue: Grand Seasons Hotel KL
With the purpose of discussing new advances and examining various issues in pedagogy, assessment, and curiculum impacted by the incorporation of graphing calculators, the School of Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with the Education Ministry of Malaysia and the Malaysian Mathemetical Sciences Society, is organizing the 3rd National Conference on Graphing Calculator (NCGC 2008) to be held from April 16-18, 2008 at The Grand Seasons Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
Tecplot Inc. adds Statworks as new Distributor for Southeast Asia
2007-07-04
Further details, please visit Tecplot
EARCOME 4 2007
2007-06-18
Date: 18th - 22nd June 2007
Venue : HOTEL BAYVIEW GEORGE TOWN, PENANG , MALAYSIA
Theme: Meeting The Challenges of Developing A Quality Mathematics Education Culture
The objectives of the conference are to provide a forum for mathematics educators, teachers and graduate students from the region and beyond to discuss issues, exchange ideas and to present their research findings pertaining to mathematics education.
There will be workshops on the usage of Graphing Calculators during this conference. Further details, please visit EARCOME 4
Kepentingan Ilmu Bantu (Fokus, March 2006)
2006-03-01
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National Conference on Science & Mathematics Education
2004-10-09
"Innovations for Excellence"
2nd National Conference on Graphing Calculators
2004-10-04
Venue: Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Cambridge A-Levels Further Mathematics
2004-08-14
"Benefits & Advantages of Using Handheld Technology (Graphing Calculator) in Teaching,Learning & Examination"
by Mr. Russell Brown
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International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education
2003-10-14
by Universiti Malaya
1st National Conference on Graphing Calculators
2003-07-11
Teaching Maths and Science with Technology
Venue: Universiti Malaya
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Regional Conference at USM Penang Malaysia
2003-04-13
Venue: Universiti Sains Malaysia
" Integrating Technology in the Mathematical Sciences 2003 "
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ICT in Mathematics Seminar
2003-01-28
"ICT Bringing Mathematics To Life "
A talk by Emeritus Professor. Adrian Oldknow, Visiting Fellow, University of London Institute of Education
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Data mining as business tool
2001-10-26
April 26th, 2001
Data mining, or the analysis of data for relationships can server as an important business tool for the banking, financial, economic, marketing, and research and development sectors. with an estimated value of RM31.9 billion worldwide, data mining is especially useful for companies that want to effectively leverage on their database systems, said N.J. Sreedharan, executive director of STATWORKS Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a corporate and academic numerical solutions provider.
"Data that is sufficiently analysed may be able to reveal certain relationships or seasonal correlations which the analyst can then manipulate to increase business profits." he said. Sreedharan said companies may be apprehensive about using data mining as its software applications are not easy to use. Apart from that, the capability and the system's power as well as the reporting structure are factors that determine the uptake of data mining and this is where STATWORKS can offer solutions to address these issues, he said.
The company has been appointed as the distributor in Southeast Asia for Salford Systems Inc's flagship decision tree software Cart and predictive modeling tool Mars. STATWORKS is also a distributor for solutions from companies such as S-Plus, MathCAD 2001, StatServer and StudyWorks. "We are always on the lookout for companies that carry products that with a statistical inclination, and if they are doing numeric computation, STATWORKS would be interested in distributing their products," said Sreedharan.
The company hopes to double its sales revenue this year despite a possible economic slowdown. Last year it managed to grow its business by 80 percent.
Technical computing made easy
2000-12-06
December 6th,2000
Technical computing is no longer the monopoly of advanced engineers and skilled software developers. The solutions in the market are becoming more and more user friendly for technical professionals who are just starting out. Providing graphical user interface (GUI) has been a major sep in making the easier to user. This has also spurred the commercialisation of these solutions which are otherwise limited to the academic sphere.
Technical computing solutions are largely used by engineers and scientists to handle large-scale technical projects in the research industry. The solutions integrate visualisation, computation and programming on one platform. They can be used for a variety of applications such as signal and image processing, medical research , control system design and remote sensing. " In the United States, the commercial markets have taken over the academic markets in using technical computing solutions; although for the rest of the world the predominant users are still academicians who user it as a research tool. ut this will change soon," says Robert Treder, vice president of professional services for the data analysis division at Mathsoft Inc. Jim Tung, The MathWorks' chief market development officer, points out that the worldwide market value of the technical computing market last year was about US$170 million (RM646 million). He claims that The MathWorks lead with about 35 percent of the technical computing market with close competitors such as National Instruments, MathSoft and Wolfram. Mathsoft and MathWorks have competing products with closely similiar names in this market MathSoft first provided the GUI for S-PLUS, its technical computing solution, three years ago, while The MathWorks' GUI for Matlab's latest version 6.0 was only launched in Southeast Asia last month. However, Tung from MathWorks says that GUI is not the best way for all aspects of technical computing,especially if users want complete flexibility in their development work. It's more useful for tasks such as simulating and modelling, he says.
For MathSoft, besides providing the GUI for its technical computing solutions S-PLUS, the company has also moved into the distributed computing space in their effort to reach the commercial market. The company's solution iin this area, StatServer, allows companies to build applications that can be accessed through the Web. According to Treder, most technical computing solutions in the market are moving towards distributed computing where solutions allow physical analysis and graphics to be displayed over the Web with a centralised data in a remote location. Users around the world can then access the information from different countries.
A company that has been an early adopter of this technology is Merill Lynch that has built a program managers to run statistical analysis over the Web, without the need to have software installed in their PCs to run the program. They only need to log on to their Web site and acess information through an interface that can do a very complicated and sophisticated analysis. Merill Lynch's server resides in New York city but its employees all over the world can log on to their system simply by using a Web browser. MathSoft will also be making the StatServer available on all flavours of the Unix platform including Linux, in addition to its current Windows NT. The solution, called Enterprise Application Server (EAS), is expected to be a available in the first quarter of next year. The Java interface implementation on S-PLUS is also expected to be ready by early next year. It will allow interactive interface so users can import and export data, run statistical analyses, and create in sightful graphs through menus and dialogue boxes. Giving an example on the additional features of Java, Treder explains, " When users generate graphics for a given data set, they like to examine the data more indepth. By using a Java interface, we allow users to position their mouse arrow on the graphics and get additional information by just clicking on it." S-PLUS provides business intellingence and decision support applications that use statistical analysis and visualisation methods.
MathSoft is also working on vertical applications for S-PLUS to target specific industry segments. By the middle of next year, the company will be offering an additional module for financial econometrics. "We are also working on an entire suite of functions that provides easier access for manufacturing community. This means the terminology in the GUI will be easier to understand, and users will find the functionalities that they want easily," says Treder. He says that the most luctrative industry for S-PLUS currently is the financial, manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. "We are also working on techniques and methods of providing our solutions to break into the CRM (customer relationship management) and e-commerce areas. Both of these areas are fairly new to us and to just about anybody else," he adds. In Southeast Asia, the manufacturing industry make up about 20 per cent of MathSoft's customers, besides the academic market which holds 40 per cent. For The MathWorks, the most lucrative market segment will be in research and development (R&D). Its sole distributor in Southeast Asia, TechSource Systems Sdn Bhd says that although about 70 per cent of its customers are from the education sector, the company is making inroads in the increasing number of R&D centres that are being set up in Southeast Asia. "This region will stand out in manufacturing R&D and design processes as it houses a large number of factories. This will be the region's strength," says Tung from MathWorks.
According to Maheskantha B., MathSoft's distributor in Southeast Asia - Statworks (M) Sdn Bhd - MathSoft holds about 25 per cent of the technical computing marketshare in the Southeast Asian Region. "Most users are actually converting to S-PLUS. We have converted several large Government bodies that have been using other solutions," he claims.